CNN.com – Federal judge rules part of Patriot Act unconstitutional – Jan. 27, 2004 From Terry Frieden, CNN

The court said a paragraph that prohibits providing ”expert advice or assistance” to designated international terrorist organizations is a violation of the First and Fifth Amendments because it is impermissibly vague.

”It was in part a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution which allows free association and free speech and also the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, which grants due process before criminalizing someone,” said Ralph Fertig, president of the Humanitarian Law Project, the organization that brought the suit.